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Agosín, Marjorie, and Emma
Sepúlveda. Amigas: Letters of Friendship and Exile. Translated
by Bridget M. Morgan. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001, 198 pp., $14.95,
paper.
In 1965, during a steamy summer in
the Southern Hemisphere, two teenage girls—one Catholic, one Jewish—met
at a seaside resort in Chile. So began a friendship that has spanned more than
30 years of political strife as well as personal joys and sorrows. In a recent
issue, O, The Oprah Magazine noted Amigas, calling the letters “intimate,
engaging, and immediate.” In addition to translating the letters, Morgan
assisted with organizing and editing this collection. She is assistant professor
of Spanish at IUSB.
Burr, David B., and Chuck Milgrom,
eds. Musculoskeletal Fatigue and Stress Fractures.
CRC Series in Exercise Physiology. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2001, 480 pp.,
$99.95, cloth.
This co-edited work concerns exercise-related
overuse injuries. The contributors cover all aspects of the pathophysiology,
clinical diagnosis, and treatment of stress fractures. The volume is intended
as a reference for research scientists, athletic trainers, physical therapists,
sports physicians, and other health-care practitioners. Burr is chairman
in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and professor of orthopedic surgery
at the IU School of Medicine.
Conde, Juan Carlos, and Víctor
Infantes, eds. La historia de Griseldis. Agua y peña 12. Viareggio,
Italy: M. Baroni, 2000, 171 pp.
Conde and Infantes (Universidad Complutense,
Madrid) present a previously unknown Castilian version of Griselda’s history,
one of the more widespread narrative topics in the European Middle Ages. A history
of the text, from its folkloric origins through Boccaccio (its first literary
creator), Petrarch, Chaucer, and others, is included. The editors provide detailed
annotation of various literary, cultural, linguistic, and literary issues. Conde
is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at IUB.
de Boer, Wietse. The Conquest
of the Soul: Confession, Discipline, and Public Order in Counter-Reformation
Milan. Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought, vol. 84. Leiden,
The Netherlands: Brill, 2001, 368 pp., $112.00, cloth.
This study is devoted to the “extraordinary
social experiment” conducted by Archbishop Carlo Borromeo and his clergy
in the late 1500s—“a concerted and full-scale effort to transform
the social order by reaching into the consciences of its subjects” through
the discipline of confession and penance. The book’s first part concentrates
on the normative ecclesiastical texts produced to guide confession, public worship,
and social conduct in Counter-Reformation Milan. The second part explores the
tools and practices of confession in a wider social context. De Boer is associate
professor of history at IUPUI.
de Waal, Cornelis. On Peirce.
Wadsworth Philosophers Series. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning Inc.,
2001, 91 pp., $14.95, paper.
In this brief introduction to the
work of American philosopher and logician Charles S. Peirce, de Waal makes accessible
the key elements of Peirce’s thought: mathematics, philosophy (phenomenology;
the normative sciences of esthetics, ethics, and logic; and metaphysics and
cosmology), and semiotics. De Waal is assistant editor for the Peirce Edition
Project at IUPUI.
Fulcher, Jane F., ed. Debussy
and His World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001, 396
pp., $22.95, paper.
To correct misrepresentations of
Claude Debussy, Fulcher and eight other contributors aim to “capture the
complex reality of Debussy’s trajectory.” Debussy, according to Fulcher,
”stubbornly refused to repeat himself.” Several essays consider the
sources of Debussy’s unconventionality and creativity while others resituate
the musician in the political, social, and institutional contexts of his time.
Fulcher is professor of music at IUB.
Gilbert, Katheen R., ed. The
Emotional Nature of Qualitative Research. Innovations in Psychology.
Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2001, 201 pp., $49.95, cloth.
In this collection, contributors
from the United States, England, and Australia reflect on the place and purpose
of emotions in research. Contrary to the expectation of objectivity, Gilbert
and others argue that there are positive aspects to bringing emotions into the
research process. In the first section, researchers at the beginnings of their
careers consider the value of research training that is informed about the emotional
nature of qualitative research. In section two, more seasoned researchers contribute
chapters that, writes Gilbert, “show qualitative research to be an evolutionary
emotional experience.” Gilbert is associate professor of applied health
science at IUB.
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Hoesterey, Ingeborg. Pastiche:
Cultural Memory in Art, Film, Literature. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 2001, 150 pp., $18.95, paper.
Hoestery traces the theory and meanings
of the genre of pastiche as it is found in the visual arts (including architecture),
the cinema, literature, popular culture, and performing arts. At IUB, Hoesterey
is professor of comparative literature, film studies, and Germanic studies.
Justice, Noel, and Suzanne K.
Kudlaty. Field Guide to Projectile Points of the Midwest. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 2001, 67 pp., $12.95, paper.
This reference guide to projectile
points—chipped stone tools used for various functions in the prehistoric
world—contains illustrations, type names, short descriptions, ages, and
distribution information for more than 100 of the most frequently recovered
styles of projectile points. Justice is assistant director and curator of
collections at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at IUB.
Kelner, Merrijoy, Beverly Wellman,
Bernice Pescosolido, and Mike Saks, eds. Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
Challenge and Change. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis
Group/Gordon and Breach/Harwood Academic Publishers, 2000, 354 pp., $23.99,
paper.
In this work, an international group
of social scientists examines complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as
a social phenomenon. Section one examines why people choose to consult CAM practitioners.
Section two looks at the social and health characteristics of people who use
CAM and analyzes how they seek out the care. The third section suggests new
research strategies in the field. The final section makes projections about
the future of CAM and how it might fit into an overall health-care system. Pescosolido
is Chancellor’s Professor of sociology at IUB.
Kronenberger, William G., and
Robert G. Meyer. The Child Clinician’s Handbook. 2nd ed. Boston:
Allyn & Bacon, 2001, 557 pp., $70.00, cloth.
Focusing on the diagnosis, evaluation,
testing, and treatment of childhood mental disorders such as AD/HD, anorexia
nervosa, schizophrenia, and autism, the co-authors present descriptions of the
disorders and sample assessments followed by sections on treatments. New features
in this edition include more coverage of epidemiology, updated information on
psychological tests, appendices providing information about interviewing and
sample parent handouts, expanded coverage of less common disorders such as gender
identity disorder, and extensive information on learning disorders. Kronenberger
is associate professor of clinical psychology in the psychiatry section at the
IU School of Medicine.
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Levinson, Bradley A. U. We
Are All Equal: Student Culture and Identity at a Mexican Secondary School, 1988–1998.
Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2001, 433 pp., $23.95, paper.
In this critical ethnography of a
Mexican secondary school, Levinson incorporates personal vignettes, interviews,
and participant observation to consider the issues of self vs. other, sameness
vs. difference, justice vs. privilege, personal advancement vs. collective solidarity,
and nationalism vs. globalization. Paying particular attention to the dynamics
of class, ethnicity, and gender in Mexico, Levinson considers how and why Mexican
students participate in a “game” of equality as they construct their
identities and how the school’s emphasis on equality affects students long
after school is over. Levinson is also co-editor of Schooling
the Symbolic Animal: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Education (Lanham,
Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, 408 pp., $25.95, paper) and Policy
as Practice: Toward a Comparative Sociocultural Analysis of Education Policy
(Westport, Conn.: Ablex Publishing, 2001, 344 pp., $78.50, cloth). Levinson
is associate professor of education at IUB.
Mahlberg, Paul, and Marilyn Waite
Mahlberg. Wildflowers of Door County: A Field Guide. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 2000, 240 pp., $18.95, paper.
The ecological diversity of Door
County, Wisconsin—from upland forest to rock beaches to farmland—produces
an unusual array of wildflowers. The Mahlbergs have written a guide to nearly
400 plants, some of which are newly recorded or detected for the first time
in decades. Paul Mahlberg collected the plants and wrote about them; his wife,
Marilyn, created original paintings from actual specimens of the plants as observed
in the field. The guide is arranged by flower color, with flowers presented
in their natural families and families arranged according to their level of
complexity. Paul Mahlberg is professor emeritus of biology at IUB.
McDowell, John H. Poetry and
Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico’s Costa Chica. Urbana
and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2000, 251 pp., $39.95, cloth.
In this study of ballads of Mexico’s
southern Pacific coast, McDowell explores the association between violence and
human poetic responses to it. Mexican songs about tragedies, bold actions, or
outlaw deeds may contribute to the perpetuation of violence, but at the same
time, McDowell observes, the songs serve as resource and refuge, healing rifts
in the aftermath of violent acts. An accompanying CD includes 11 of the ballads
studied in the book. The texts of the songs are transcribed and translated in
a “Note on the Recording” at the book’s end. McDowell is professor
of folklore, chair of the Folklore Institute, and chair of the Department of
Folklore and Ethnomusicology at IUB.
McNaughton, Patrick, John H. Hanson,
dele jegede, Ruth M. Stone, and N. Brian Winchester, in collaboration with Teaching
and Learning Technologies Laboratory, Indiana University. Five Windows into
Africa. CD-ROM. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000, $39.95,
2 disks for Macintosh or Windows platforms.
The creators of this multimedia tool
open “windows” on five aspects of African culture. McNaughton explores
art through a bird dance performed by an itinerant masquerader in Mali. Hanson
looks at religious ritual and practice through Muslim Friday prayers in Ghana,
while jegede examines the popular culture of Lagos, Nigeria. Stone uses a Liberian
funeral to study social, political, and musical traditions and practices, and
Winchester follows the proceedings of Rhodesian leaders as they negotiated an
agreement that led to the creation of Zimbabwe. At IUB, McNaughton is professor
of art history; Hanson is associate professor of history and director of the
African studies program; Stone is professor of folklore and director of the
Ethnomusicology Institute; Winchester is director of the Center for the Study
of Global Change. The Teaching and Learning Technologies Laboratory assists
faculty in working with instructional technologies.
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Morgan, Michael L. Interim
Judaism: Jewish Thought in a Century of Crisis. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 2001, 165 pp., $15.95, paper.
In this book based on a series of
lectures, Morgan traces three strands of modernist thought—the problem
of objectivity, the human experience of the transcendent, and the relationship
between redemption and politics. Reflecting on the ways these intellectual strands
have manifested themselves in contemporary American Jewish thought, Morgan finds
an emerging pattern that is provisional in nature—“a Jewish life of
experimentation and openness, of active involvement grounded in temporary convictions
and not on theoretically secure views.” Morgan is professor of philosophy
and Jewish studies at IUB.
O’Meara, Patrick, Howard
D. Mehlinger, and Roxana Ma Newman, eds. Changing Perspectives on International
Education. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001, 437 pp., $39.95,
cloth.
This is the second of two volumes
resulting from a conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title VI of
the Higher Education Act, which supports foreign language and area studies.
Contributors provide university administrators, policymakers, and education
planners with a historical perspective on the achievements of Title VI programs
as well as insights into the debates currently affecting international studies.
A section on international education and global studies in elementary and secondary
schools is included. O’Meara is dean of international programs and professor
of political science and public and environmental affairs at IUB; Mehlinger
is professor emeritus of education at IUB; and Newman is assistant dean for
international programs at IUB.
Polsgrove, Carol. Divided Minds:
Intellectuals and the Civil Rights Movement. New York: W. W. Norton
& Co., 2001, 296 pp., $26.95, cloth.
What is the role of intellectuals
in the public sphere? Using archival research and interviews, Polsgrove tracks
James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, C. Vann Woodward, Reinhold
Niebuhr, Hannah Arendt, Kenneth Clark, Pauli Murray, and others, observing their
actions and attitudes during the 1950s and 1960s. Despite some notable courageous
and radical acts, many of America’s intellectuals failed to meet the challenge
of their time. “This book should not be taken only as an argument for more
political engagement by an intellectual class,” Polsgrove concludes. “The
story I have told also suggests that people designated as intellectuals often
fail, not only in courage and compassion, but also in vision.” Polsgrove
is professor of journalism at IUB.
Ransel, David L. Village Mothers:
Three Generations of Change in Russia and Tataria. Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 2000, 327 pp., $39.95, cloth.
In this history, Ransel relies on
testimonies of rural women he collected in the early 1990s, when such personal
interviews had just begun to be permitted. Using the stories of these “ordinary
women of the villages,” Ransel traces the development of modern medical
discourse on reproduction, showing how it eventually displaced many women’s
ideas and practices concerning marriage, fertility, abortion, birthing assistance,
baptism, the death of children, and the care and feeding of the children who
survived. But, Ransel writes, “we also gain insight into the power and
courage of women who decided to resist the dictates of their elders or the state
and took actions to change their condition.” Ransel is Robert F. Byrnes
Professor of History and director of the Russian and East European Institute
at IUB.
Rasmusen, Eric. Games and Information:
An Introduction to Game Theory. Third Edition. Oxford, England, and
Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2001, 480 pp., $54.95, cloth.
This textbook uses simple modeling
techniques and explanations to provide students with an understanding of game
theory and information economics. New topics in this edition include price discrimination,
mechanism design, and value uncertainty in auctions. The third edition is accompanied
by a Web site at php.indiana.edu/~erasmuse/GI/.
Rasmusen has also compiled Readings
in Games and Information
(Oxford, England, and Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001, 448 pp., $36.95),
with a Web site at php.indiana.edu/~erasmuse/GI/gireader.htm
to accompany his textbook. Rasmusen is professor of business economics and
public policy in the Kelley School of Business at IUB.
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Raymer, Steve. Living Faith:
Inside the Muslim World of Southeast Asia. Singapore: Asia Images Editions,
2001, 224 pp., $45.00, cloth.
A former National Geographic photographer,
Raymer captures Muslim life and faces in Southeast Asia’s families, mosques,
schools, and villages, as well as its large cities, where “Islam meets
the Internet.” With 170 color photographs, he chronicles a Muslim revival
that is spanning the Southeast Asian region, from Cambodia to Indonesia to Thailand
to Brunei. Raymer is assistant professor of journalism at IUB.
Russell, Ruth V. Leadership
in Recreation. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2001, 384
pp., $45.00, cloth.
In the second edition of this text
for undergraduates, Russell includes updated and expanded information on the
foundations of recreation leadership study, the general proficiencies of a successful
recreation leader, and how leaders can manage resources, workloads, and specific
age groups. Real-world examples and profiles of leisure-service pioneers are
included in each chapter. Listings of Web resources at the ends of chapters
provide links to the professional field. Russell is professor of recreation
and park administration at IUB.
Scanlan, Margaret. Plotting
Terror: Novelists and Terrorists in Contemporary Fiction. Charlottesville:
University Press of Virginia, 2001, 224 pp., $18.50, paper.
In this study of contemporary novels
with terrorist themes—such as Don DeLillo’s Mao II and J. J. Coetzee’s
The Master of Petersburg—Scanlan explores the connections between literature
and violence and how terrorist novels of our day construct terrorism. She considers
the terrorist character as the writer’s rival, double, or secret sharer
and explores the relationships between actual bombs and stories about bombings,
the modern world and its electronic representation, the exercise of political
power and the novels that reflect on the writer’s power in the world. Scanlan
is department chair and professor of English at IUSB.
Sebeok, Thomas A. The Swiss
Pioneer in Nonverbal Communication Studies: Heini Hediger (1908–1992).
Language, Media, & Education Studies. Ottawa and Toronto: Legas, 2001, 51
pp., $12.00, paper.
An expert in animal psychology, particularly
animals in zoos and circuses, Heini Hediger became a founder of what is today
known as biosemiotics, or nonverbal communication. Sebeok’s tribute to
Hediger, who was his personal friend, reviews the Swiss scholar’s life
and work and links his research to a current thrust in semiotic theory toward
the study of semiosis and communication as cross-species phenomena. Sebeok
was Distinguished Professor emeritus of linguistics and semiotics and professor
emeritus of anthropology and of Uralic and Altaic Studies at IUB. He died in
December 2001.
Ulbright, Corinne, Steve Larsen,
and Robert Yost. General Biology Study Guide, Vol. 1. Indianapolis:
The College Network, 2000, 625 pp., $325.
This guide presents basic biological
concepts and groupings of organisms and includes chemistry and biochemistry
information needed to understand biology. It prepares readers to pass CLEP tests
in the field. Each chapter ends with study questions; three practice examinations
conclude the guide. Ulbright is lecturer in biology in the University College
at IUPUI. Larsen is associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the
School of Medicine. Yost is lecturer in biology in the School of Science at
IUPUI.
Urden, Linda, and Kathleen Stacy.
Priorities in Critical Care Nursing. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby Inc.,
2000, 543 pp., $57.95, paper.
Like the first two editions of this
text for the student or beginning critical care nurse, this volume is organized
around alterations in human functioning that occur in critical care practice.
This new edition includes chapters on nursing process and collaborative care
and on pain management as well as new diagnostic tables summarizing the most
commonly used procedures for the disorders discussed. Urden is associate
professor of nursing at IUPUI.
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Watt, Stephen, Eileen Morgan,
and Shakir Mustafa, eds. A Century of Irish Drama: Widening the Stage.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000, 360 pp., $19.95, paper.
These essays, selected from the 1999
symposium “Nationalism and a National Theatre: 100 Years of Irish Drama,”
traces a significant shift in Irish drama away from national theater to a more
heterogeneous and international art form. In essays on W. B. Yeats, Sean O’Casey,
Samuel Beckett, and others, contributors seek to broaden the interpretation
of early- to mid-20th-century Irish theater with new readings of key plays.
Watt is professor of English and chair of the English department at IUB.
Wertheim, Albert. The Dramatic Art of Athol Fugard: From South Africa to the World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002, 296 pp., $17.95, paper.
A playwright, director, and actor, Athol Fugard is, in Wertheim’s view, one of the most significant English-language playwrights alive. Known for his works written before, during, and in the wake of South Africa’s system of apartheid, Fugard has often challenged the social system of his country. Wertheim discusses Fugard’s dramatic works chronologically, examining his ideas as well as his use of the dramatic form to give shape to his ideas on stage. “Race and apartheid are just one aspect of Fugard’s work,” Wertheim concludes. “His great achievement is to see into the depths of the human mind and soul, portraying the force of human interactions in their often tragic dimensions.” Wertheim is special assistant to the Vice President for Research and professor of English and comparative literature at IUB.
Zecher, John E. Pro/ENGINEER
Tutorial (Release 20/2000i): A Click-by-Click MultiMedia Primer. CD-ROM.
Mission, Kans.: SDC Publications, 1999.
Zecher produced this CD-ROM to accompany
the book of the same title (by Roger Toogood). The 10 lessons of the book are
presented on the CD, which shows the Pro/ENGINEER interface, menu selections,
and models created for each lesson. A voice overlay explains the lessons and
steps taken. Zecher is professor of mechanical engineering technology at
IUPUI.